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Millennium’s babies are teens today

Born at the turn of the century, their lives won’t change much.

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Rohan Porecha is excited to enter his teens this New Year. He is one of the few lucky ones who were born on the dawn of the new millennium. “I’m going to miss being a kid. I’ll be expected to do things which grown-ups do and also be responsible. I can no more access the play area at malls like I used to,” he told DNA from the UAE.

Rohan’s story is similar to that of many others who will turn 13 in 2013. For them, technology is not an invention, but a way of life. Reading newspapers is boring when news can be accessed easily on the Internet. DNA gets them to talk about entering an important phase in their lives.

“Life won’t change much. It will revolve around going to school, studying and fighting with my sister for the remote,” said Rahul Parmar, a resident of Malad. He, however, hopes his co-ed school changes the rule of girls and boys sitting separately. “We are equals and we are friends,” he said.

Borivli resident Raunak Joshi agrees that change won’t be sudden. “I will still not be allowed to access Facebook for more than once a day and that too for half-an-hour,” he said.

Nidhi Jaiswal, a standard VIII student, stresses on the importance of having mobile phones. “It is necessary as one is easily accessible to parents and friends,” said Nidhi.

She said it is natural for parents to worry that their children may fall into bad company at this age. “It is up to us to set limits and follow them,” she said.

Neel Patel of Kandivli says: “Though I am entering my teens, I’ll be bale to do most of the things only when I turn 18. People say teenage years are dangerous, but it is up to me to decide what is wrong and right.”

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